shippingsteel Posted 15 December , 2010 Share Posted 15 December , 2010 I bet everyone will have one of THESE little beauties on their Christmas wish list ....... Better start dropping those hints to the better half right now ...... (going cheap for a limited time, grab 'em while they last folks.!!) Cheers, S>S Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
museumtom Posted 15 December , 2010 Share Posted 15 December , 2010 Beware ofthis lads. As a welder I see straightaway that the cross guard has been fuse-welded to the blade. TIG welding was not about in ww1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piorun Posted 15 December , 2010 Share Posted 15 December , 2010 Is this a mongrel? Doesn't look pure-bred to me. Antony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyE Posted 15 December , 2010 Share Posted 15 December , 2010 1919 Lithgow with a hook and ER cypher? Oh, definitely genuine! Regards TonyE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piorun Posted 15 December , 2010 Share Posted 15 December , 2010 1919 Lithgow with a hook and ER cypher? Oh, definitely genuine! Regards TonyE I see I'm not the only purveyor of sarcasm Cheers, Antony. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiegeGunner Posted 15 December , 2010 Share Posted 15 December , 2010 Nice damask tablecloth, though ... Could someone please remind me what the hook was originally for, and why they were removed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyE Posted 15 December , 2010 Share Posted 15 December , 2010 The idea of the hook was that when one parried one's opponent's bayonet thrust, his blade ran down your blade and theoretically was caught in the hook, when with a quick twist of one's rifle he was disarmed! Unfortunately it was found that the only things that were caught were one's own items of clothing and equipment, so they were ordered removed in 1913. Regards TonyE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shippingsteel Posted 15 December , 2010 Author Share Posted 15 December , 2010 Could someone please remind me what the hook was originally for, and why they were removed. Seemed like a good idea at the time ..... but actually just copied straight from the Japanese pattern bayonet that emerged as most successful from the bayonet trials that were undertaken at the time. I believe the design of the hook was initially seen as being useful in snagging an enemies weapon and allowing it to be stripped from his grasp entirely. As it turned out it was good for snagging on just about everything else as well.! Was soon found to be less than a good idea in practice and in 1913 they began to be made without the hook, and those already in service began to gradually have their hooks removed. Cheers, S>S EDIT. Hey, at least we agree on something TonyE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyE Posted 15 December , 2010 Share Posted 15 December , 2010 Hey, at least we agree on something TonyE. You must be thinking of somebody else, SS! I have never disgreed with anyone, I am much too sweet natured to ever do a thing like that! Cheers TonyE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiegeGunner Posted 15 December , 2010 Share Posted 15 December , 2010 Thanks chaps - so rather like the knife-guard on a traditional carving fork. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shippingsteel Posted 15 December , 2010 Author Share Posted 15 December , 2010 You're just lucky it is the season to be jolly TonyE, and I'll let this one pass (just this once.!) Cheers, S>S Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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